Lorne GreeneFilmography

Beyond the Mirage

Synopsis: A view of the ancient fued between the Jewish and Arabic people. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Rand McNally Videotrip Travel Guide: Alaska

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

Actors: Brian Keith

Synopsis: The valor and anguish of the Alamo is resurrected in this '80s effort that features a considerably accomplished cast. Brian Keith plays Davy Crockett and James Arness is Jim Bowie who, although at odds at times with his leader Colonel William Travis (Alec Baldwin), is able to focus upon the battle Read More

Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter

Actors: Paul Sorvino, Abe Vigoda, Cassandra Edwards, Lorne Greene, Gary Raff

Synopsis: It just isn't Gino's day. First of all, bank employee Gino (Paul Sorvino) is offered a lucrative deal from his dying boss Theo Marshall (Lorne Greene), if only he can keep the man's bank in control of his irresponsible son (Gary Raff) and out of the hands of his greedy relatives. To make matters Read More

Great Bible Stories: Noah's Ark

Synopsis: In this animated children's feature, the beloved Bible stories of "Noah's Ark" and "Joshua and the Battle of Jericho" are told. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible: Noah's Ark

Synopsis: Lorne Greene and Charlotte Ray lend their voice talent to this animated Hanna-Barbera version of Noah and the Ark. One of the oldest adventure stories of all time, Noah and his family face the destruction of the planet and are tested by God. When violence and corruption fill the earth, God vows to Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: It's a Male's World

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores the different natural environments of Earth, and observes the animals that live there. In this program, the viewer goes along with Greene as he visits some baboons to learn the habits of the male members of the Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: Yesterday's Heroes

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores the different natural environments of Earth, and observes the animals that live there. In this episode, Greene travels to the island continent of Australia. There, he learns the part that beasts of burden Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: Frozen Eden

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores the different natural environments of Earth, and observes the animals that live there. In this episode, Greene takes the viewer to the stark, frozen tundra country of the Ungava Peninsula to observe a caribou Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: White Lightning

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores some of the wildest places on the Earth, and the animals who inhabit them. In this episode, Greene takes the viewer on a journey to observe the Snowy Owl, as it hunts its victims with lightning speed. Outstanding Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: Inky, Dinky Spider

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores the different natural environments of Earth, and observes the animals that live there. In this episode, Greene travels to the dark forests of the Florida Everglades to observe the unusual web of the female bolas Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: The Ascent of the Chimps

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores the different natural environments of Earth, and observes the animals that live there. This program takes the viewer to the famous Arnham Zoo in the Netherlands for a look at the world of the chimpanzee. Wildlife Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: The Enchanted Forest

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores some of the wildest places on the Earth, and the animals who inhabit them. This program takes the viewer to reindeer country in northern Yugoslavia. Greene's guest is filmmaker Petar Lalovic, who shows clips from Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: Huntress

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores the different natural environments of Earth, and observes the animals that live there. This program takes place in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, where Greene follows the movements of a young female mountain Read More

The Pritikin Promise

North of the Yukon

Reading Rainbow: Ox-Cart Man

Actors: LeVar Burton

Synopsis: What was life like in the early part of the 19th century? Viewers will find out as they watch Reading Rainbow: Ox-Cart Man, which explores the daily routine of this time period. Host LeVar Burton goes to Massachusetts to explore Old Sturbridge Village, a site where people wear period costumes and Read More

The Pritikin Promise Home Exercise Program

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: Devil Island

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores the different natural environments of Earth, and observes the animals that live there. This trip takes Greene to the beautiful islands in the Caribbean to see one of the region's beachcombers: the mona iguana. Read More

Cycling through China

Aldo Leopold: His Life and Thought

Aldo Leopold: "A Sand County Almanac"

The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice

Synopsis: Olympic figure skating champion Dorothy Hamill appears with fellow skating star Robin Cousins in this television adaptation of Tchaikovsky's ballet version of The Nutcracker, which has been choreographed to take advantage of their talent on the ice. Lorne Greene serves as host and narrator; the Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: Golden Eagle - Death on the Wing

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores the different natural environments of Earth, and observes the animals that live there. In this program, the viewer accompanies Greene as he observes the golden eagle in its native habitat. Outstanding wildlife Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: Kindness Kills

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores some of the wild places on the Earth, and the animals who inhabit them. In this episode, Greene visits some of America's national parks to observe an increasing problem: human and bear interaction. The program Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: Hunters of Chubut

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores the different natural environments of Earth, and observes the animals that live there. In this program, the setting is the coastal waters of Argentina, where sea lions and penguins live along the rocks and shoals Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: Close Encounters of the Deep Kind

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores the different natural environments of Earth, and observes the animals that live there. In this episode, the viewer follows a mother humpback whale and her newborn on their trek along the Pacific coast. The mother Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: A Love Story - the Canada Goose

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores the different natural environments of Earth, and observes the animals that live there. This program takes the viewer to the wetlands of North America to observe adult Canadian geese as they train their young to Read More

Ozu no Mahotsukai

Synopsis: Though it isn't as engaging as the classic musical version of Frank L. Baum's timeless fantasy, this animated version of The Wizard of Oz remains a professional, entertaining production that should appeal to young children. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: Tales of the Snow Monkey

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores the different natural environments of Earth, and observes the animals that live there. In this episode, Greene takes the viewer to Japan to see the snow monkey, whose wily ways offer it some protection in a harsh Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: Old Dog, New Tricks

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores some of the wildest places on the Earth, and the animals who inhabit them. This program features "God's Dog": the coyote. Greene goes to Montana and Wyoming to observe the changes in habitat and habits of the Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: Master Hunter of the Night

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores the different natural environments of Earth, and observes the animals that live there. This episode takes the viewer deep into the woods at night to observe the hunting habits of the great horned owl. Greene Read More

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness: Pretty Poison

Synopsis: This video is part of a series, hosted by television star Lorne Greene, that explores some of the wildest places on the Earth, and the animals who inhabit them. In this program, Greene takes the viewer to see the amazing sight of the monarch butterfly migration from the United States to Mexico. Read More

Code Red

Synopsis: In this action film, firefighters fight a series of arson fires and try to figure out who set them and why. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Heidi's Song

Actors: Lorne Greene, Sammy Davis, Jr., Margery Gray, Michael Patrick Bell, Peter Cullen

Synopsis: Singing her way through life as life sings back at her, little orphaned Heidi (voice by Margery Gray) is bounced around from her aunt's house, to her grouchy grandfather's place, to a wealthy family in the big city, and never do the vocals subside nor does her spirit droop to anything lower than Read More

Conquest of the Earth

Synopsis: This TV movie consists of two episodes of Galactica 1980 edited together. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

A Time for Miracles

Synopsis: This drama chronicles the real-life story of Native America's first declared saint, Elizabeth Bayley Seton. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Galactica 1980 [TV Series]

Actors: Lorne Greene, Robyn Douglass, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., Richard Lynch, Jeremy Brett

Galactica Discovers Earth

Synopsis: Galactica Discovers Earth originated as the three-part opener for the TV series Galactica 1980, which in turn was an outgrowth of 1979's Battlestar Galactica. When the earlier sci-fi series was cancelled by ABC, a letter-writing campaign encouraged the network to revive the property, albeit on a Read More

The Living Legend

Actors: Earl Owensby, William T. Hicks, Ginger Alden, Jerry Rushing, Greg Carswell

Synopsis: This exploitation flick chronicles the rise and fall of a country-rock superstar who bears a striking resemblance to the fallen King of Rock and Roll--despite the film's disclaimer that the flashy, pill-poppin performer decked out in his bejeweled polyester jump suits does not represent Elvis. The Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Take the Celestra

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) is startled when his former lover Aurora (Ana Alicia), whom he assumed to be dead, turns up very much alive on the Celestra, the Galactica support vessel helmed by Commander Kronus (Paul Fix). Urged on by Aurora, who claims that Kronus is a cruel dictator, Starbuck joins Read More

Battlestar Galactica: The Hand of God

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: Believing that they have finally arrived at the 13th Colony (formerly known as Earth), the Galactica crew becomes a bit careless--thereby leaving themselves open for attack by a Cylon Base Star. Tired of running from their enemy, Apollo (Richard Hatch) and Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) boldly lead a Read More

Battlestar Galactica: War of the Gods, Part 1

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Patrick MacNee guest stars as Count Iblis, a shipwrecked alien rescued by a Galactica recon mission. Claiming to be the last descendant of a long-gone alien culture, Iblis promises to grant three wishes to the Colonials -- including safe passage to Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Experiment in Terra

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: Experiment in Terra is a 60-minute episode of the TV sci-fi series Battlestar Gallactica. Joining regulars Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict is guest villain John Calicos as the outer space "quisling" Baltar. In plotting his escape from Battlestar Galactica, Baltar also plans to free Read More

Battlestar Galactica: War of the Gods, Part 2

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, the Colonials have fallen under the spell of godlike alien Iblis (Patrick MacNee), who offers them safe passage to the 13th Colony in exchange for their total and unquestioning obedience. Once Iblis successfully brings the treacherous Baltar (John Colicos) to Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Greetings from Earth, Part 1

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In Part One of "Greetings from Earth", the Galactica encounters an "ancient" space shuttle that has seemingly originated on the elusive 13th Colony--namely, the Earth. On board the shuttle, six people are in a state of suspended animation. Once awakened, the six strangers hold out hope to the Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Greetings from Earth, Part 2

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In the conclusion of "Greetings from Earth", six Terrans from the 13th Colony (formerly known as Earth) are released from suspended animation when their drifting space station is discovered. Upon awakening, the six become obsessed with the notion that the Galactica is part of the hated Eastern Read More

Little Brown Burro

Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack

Actors: Lloyd Bridges

Synopsis: Several episodes of the TV series were edited together to create this Battlestar Galactica full-length feature. The ship is stranded in space without fuel, and an impending attack by the Cylon robots must be stopped. Two commanders, Commander Adama (Lorne Green) and Commander Cain (Lloyd Bridges) Read More

Klondike Fever

Actors: Jeff East, Rod Steiger, Angie Dickinson, Lorne Greene, Barry Morse

Synopsis: Jeff East stars as writer Jack London in this fictional adventure account that takes place during the Alaskan gold rush. London and his partner Robin (Merritt Sloper) clash with the villain Soapy Smith (Rod Steiger), a former priest turned bad who is equally mean to dogs and humans. That's Lorne Greene Read More

Blind Ambition

Actors: Martin Sheen, Theresa Russell, Michael Callan, Lonny Chapman, William Daniels

Synopsis: The 8-hour TV miniseries Blind Ambition was originally telecast May 20 through 23, 1979. This 105-minute feature-film version, prepared in 1982, seems a bit rushed at times, but overall does a credible and coherent job of storytelling. Based on John Dean's book Blind Ambition, with elements of Read More

Battlestar Galactica: The Man with Nine Lives

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: Fred Astaire guest stars as Chameleon, an intergalactic con artist on the run from the Boralean's Nomen henchmen. Hoping to find refuge on Galactica, Chameleon poses as Captain Dmitri--the long-lost father of Lt. Starbuck (Dirk Benedict). But others on board are doubtful of "Dmitri's" claims. . Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Baltar's Escape

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: The treacherous Baltar (John Colicos) joins forces with several captured villains from earlier episodes -- the three Borellian Nomens, the Eastern Alliance Enforcers -- to plot an escape from the Colonials' prison. Holding Adama (Lorne Greene) and the Council of Twelve hostage, Baltar demands that Read More

Battlestar Galactica

Actors: Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, Jane Seymour, Dirk Benedict

Synopsis: This feature-length movie is a re-edited version of the first few episodes of the TV series. The story line concerns a spaceship full of survivors of a doomed planet who are headed to the Earth. Led by Commander Adama (Lorne Greene), they encounter villainous robots, threatening their journey to Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Murder on the Rising Star

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) is charged with the murder of rival Viper pilot Ortega (Frank Ashmore). With the full weight of evidence against him, Starbuck finds few that are willing to believe his protestations of innocence. One of those few, however, is his best friend Apollo (Richard Hatch), who Read More

Battlestar Galactica [TV Series]

Actors: Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., Maren Jensen

Synopsis: The first (and only) season of ABC's lavishly mounted sci-fi/fantasy series Battlestar Galactica begins with a spectacular (and spectacularly "hyped") three-hour opener, which in blatant Star Wars fashion rapidly establishes time, place, and characters. The time is the seventh millennium A.D. The Read More

War of the Gods

Synopsis: In this sci-fi adventure, compiled from the Battlestar Galactica TV series, a mysterious alien with strange powers promises the intergalactic colony that they will indeed find Earth. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Space Prison

Synopsis: Space Prison consists of two tenuously linked 60-minute episodes of the TV series Battlestar Gallactica. Heavily influenced by Star Wars, the futuristic series starred Lorne Greene as Adama, commander of the mile-wide Gallactica battlestar. Adama's younger cohorts (read: the series' Luke Skywalker Read More

The Little Christmas Burro

Battlestar Galactica: The Young Lords

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: Crashlanding on the Cylon garrison planet Trillion, Starbuck is "rescued" by a group of children -- the only surviving human inhabitants of the planet. It soon develops that the kids comprise a guerilla organization, led by their father. In order to ransom their dad from his Cylon captors, the Read More

The Bastard

Synopsis: Produced for the syndicated "Operation Prime Time" series, The Bastard is the first of John Jakes' "Kent Family Chronicles" (followed by The Rebels and The Seekers). Presented in two parts, the story begins in 1771, with 17-year-old French commoner Philippe Charboneau (Andrew Stevens) discovering Read More

Murder in Space

Synopsis: The Cylons capture Starbuck after he left the Galactica due to murder accusations. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Greetings From Earth

Synopsis: The "Battlestar Galactica" television series produces this adventure with a starship crew coming cross earthlings in suspended animation. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Battlestar Galactica: The Lost Warrior

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: Crashlanding on an uncharted frontier planet "centons" away from Galactica, Apollo (Richard Hatch) is sheltered by the widowed Bella (Katherine Cannon) and her son Puppis (Johnny Timko). Although the safety of his comrades on Galactica is still foremost in his mind, Apollo is pressed into service Read More

The Space Casanova

Synopsis: In this sci-fi drama, pieced together from the Battlestar Galactica television series, handsome-hero Starbuck's womanizing gets him thrown into a space prison during a revolt. When the dreaded Cylons attack, real mayhem ensues, culminating in a special-effects-laden final battle. ~ Sandra Brennan Read More

The Phantom in Space

Synopsis: In this episode from the Battlestar Galactica sci-fi TV series, the starship is lead toward a deadly Cylon base by a mysterious transmission. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Curse of the Cylons

Synopsis: In this episode of the Battlestar Glactica TV sci-fi series, the giant space colony catches fire and the crew must restock the supplies at a planet. They are opposed by the planet's natives, the scary Boray monsters. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Battlestar Galactica: The Living Legend, Part 1

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, a recon mission led by Apollo (Richard Hatch) and Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) confronts a fleet of Vipers from the long-lost Battlestar Pegasus. Ultimately, Cmdr. Adama (Lorne Greene) comes face to face with the Pegasus' skipper, legendary colonial warrior Read More

Battlestar Galactica: The Gun on Ice Planet, Zero Part 2

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, the fate of the Galactica rests in the hands of an army of criminals and misfits, under the command of Apollo (Richard Hatch) and Starbuck (Dirk Benedict). This ragtag band must destroy the Cylon pulsar cannon mounted on the ice planet Arcta. Can they depend Read More

Battlestar Galactica: The Gun on Ice Planet, Zero Part 1

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, the Galactica is again attacked by a fleet of Cylon fighters. The crew's only hope of escape is through a space corridor past the ice planet Arcta--which is guarded by a Cylon pulsar cannon. Commander Adama (Lorne Greene) is ultimately forced to place the Read More

Battlestar Galactica: The Living Legend, Part 2

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Adama (Lorne Greene) clashes with Commander Cain (Lloyd Bridges), a legendary--and extremely egocentric--colonial warrior. Cain wants to use the combined forces of his battleship Pegasus and Adama's Galactica for an all-out resistance against a massive Cylon Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Fire in Space

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: The Galactica's landing pods are set ablaze by a Cylon suicide attack. Adama (Lorne Greene) is seriously injured, and Boxey (Noah Hathaway) and Athena (Maren Jensen) are trapped on board the battlestar. Although Apollo (Richard Hatch) and Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) make a daring and treacherous Read More

Battlestar Galactica: The Magnificent Warriors

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In an outer-space replay of a familiar western plotline, the Gallactica must gather enough seed to replant its devastated agroships, lest the crew and passengers starve. In order to gain the necessary seed from a group of alien farmers, Adama (Lorne Greene) is obliged to romance a former Read More

Battlestar Galactica: The Long Patrol

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: When a long-range recon mission in a new, computer-equipped Viper goes awry, Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) is captured and shipped off to a forgotten prison planet. Starbuck's fellow inmates are all descendants of the planet's original criminal population, condemned to a lifetime of blind obedience to Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Saga of a Star World, Part 3

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In Part Three of Battlestar Galactica's pilot episode, the survivors of the war between the Cylons and Mankind have been lured into a trap on the planet Carillon. Thanks to some quick thinking on the part of Galactica's Cmdr. Adama (Lorne Greene), Adama's son Apollo (Richard Hatch), and Apollo's Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Saga of a Star World, Part 2

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In Part Two of Battlestar Galactica's pilot episode, Galactica's Commander Adama (Lorne Greene) has managed to escape the death trap arranged by the scurrilous, metallic cylons and human traitor Baltar (John Colicos). With the other survivors of the apocalyptic battle between the Cylons and the 12 Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Saga of a Star World, Part 1

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In part one of Battlestar Galactica's pilot episode, the 12 colonies of humankind are poised to sign a peace treaty with the Cylons, a race of mechanical men with whom the colonies have waged war for the past millennium. In truth, however, the peace conference is a trap, arranged by traitorous Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Lost Planet of the Gods, Part 1

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, the surviving Mankind convoy is weakened by an unknown but highly contagious disease. Soon all the male fighter pilots of Galactica have fallen ill, leaving the vessel--and its thousands passengers--in the hands of the the courageous but untested female Read More

Battlestar Galactica: Lost Planet of the Gods, Part 2

Actors: Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos, Maren Jensen

Synopsis: In the concluding episode of a two-part story, the disease-weakened convoy, led by Galactica's commander Adama (Lorne Greene), have found an ancient planet that may well be the gateway to the long-lost 13th colony of Mankind (once known as planet earth). With Galactica's male personnel afflicted Read More

SST: Death Flight

Actors: George Maharis, Doug McClure, Martin Milner, Robert Reed, Susan Strasberg, Billy Crystal, Burgess Meredith

Synopsis: Death Flight was originally known as SST: Death Flight when it was first telecast February 25, 1977. Though fairly expensive so far as TV movies go, the film is brought down to earth by its standard B-flick plot. On its maiden flight, America's first supersonic transport runs into deadly danger Read More

Roots

Actors: LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett, Jr., John Amos, Ben Vereen

Synopsis: This award-winning six-part historical epic was one of the first examples of the miniseries format and one of the highest-rated television programs in broadcasting history. Based on the best-selling novel by author Alex Haley, Roots chronicles the progress of Haley's own family across many Read More

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

Synopsis: In a spin off from the actual event of U.S. President Kennedy's assassination, this drama examines what the trial of Lee Harvey Oswald may have been like had he not been shot by Jack Ruby. This made-for-television movie was aired in two parts. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Nevada Smith

Synopsis: An Indian half-breed skilled with a gun and his former mentor guard a shipment of explosives being transported across the Utah Territory. ~ Steve Huey, All Movie Guide Read More

Tidal Wave

Synopsis: This is a badly re-edited and "Americanized" version of a popular Japanese disaster movie, The Submersion of Japan (1973). The trouble begins when scientists learn that Japan's islands are sinking and must be evacuated within two years. The story chronicles the ways in which various people react Read More

High Country Calling

Man on the Outside

Actors: Lorne Greene

Synopsis: Man on the Outside was the pilot film for the weekly ABC TV series Griff. Lorne Greene stars as retired police captain Wade "Griff" Griffin, who is galvanized back into active duty when his police-officer son is murdered before his eyes, and his grandson is kidnapped by a mob functionary. None of Read More

Earthquake

Actors: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold

Synopsis: Los Angeles is the natural site for a film about earthquakes: they happen there frequently, and the landscape is familiar to moviegoers from thousands of films. A huge number of ongoing vignettes which include cameos from numerous celebrities and stars are tied together by the ongoing efforts of Read More

Pygmies

Synopsis: This in-depth documentary is the result of a year and a half the filmmaker, a sociologist, spent with more than a dozen pygmy tribes. It is one of the few films to record the customs of the now nearly vanished quiet people of the African forests. Like many indigenous peoples displaced by more Read More

Bonanza: The Witness

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, David Canary, Tim Matheson, Sally Kemp

Synopsis: Once again, Bonanza ranch hand Candy has been thrown in jail on a trumped-up murder charge. As his trial approaches, Candy must put his life in the hands of attorney Oscar Hammer (Stephen Nathan), a 20-year-old fresh out of law school. The outcome of the trial hinges on the testimony of an Read More

Griff [TV Series]

Actors: Lorne Greene, Ben Murphy, Vic Tayback, Patricia Stich

Bonanza: The Marriage of Theodora Duffy

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, David Canary, Mitch Vogel, Tim Matheson

Synopsis: Ponderosa ranchhaned Griff King agrees to pose as the husband of one Theodora Duffy (Karen Carlson). There is nothing personal in this arrangement: Theodora wants to solve a crime, and pretending to be Mrs. King is merely a means to an end. Also in the cast are Ramon Bieri as Jonas Holt, Robert Read More

Death Follows the Psycho

Synopsis: The "feature film" Death Follows the Psycho is actually comprised of footage culled from the 1973-74 TV series Griff. Lorne Greene stars as Wayne "Griff" Griffin, a former police captain who becomes a private eye after the murder of his patrolman son. Ben Murphy costars as Griff's assistant Mike Read More

The Case of the Baltimore Girls

Actors: Lorne Greene

Synopsis: In this thriller an older detective and his side-kick look into a dating service that seems to deal in murder, extortion, and death. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Bonanza: The Initiation

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel, Ronald Howard, Victor Sen Yung

Synopsis: Jamie is a member of a boy's club which delights in forcing new members to undergo a grueling initiation process. Unfortunately, one of these hazings results in the death of a hapless teenager. Though the townsfolk blame Ted Hoag (Ronny Howard), a homeless youth, for the boy's death, Jamie and the Read More

Bonanza: New Man

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, David Canary, Mitch Vogel, Tim Matheson

Synopsis: Having saved Ben Cartwright's life during a prison riot, convict Griff King (played by new Bonanza regular Tim Matheson) is released into Ben's custody. In hiring Griff as a Ponderosa ranchhand, Ben faces the challenge of convincing the former prisoner to forsake his deep and abiding grudge Read More

Bonanza: Stallion

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, David Canary, Clu Gulager, Mitzi Hoag

Synopsis: The beautiful black stallion given by Ben Cartwright as a birthday present to his son, Joe, is stolen. Searching for the horse, Joe comes across a family of drifters, and is soon embroiled in a potentially deadly rivalry between Bill Brenner (Clu Gulager) and his son, Tommy (Vincent Van Patten). Mitzi Hoag Read More

Bonanza: The Hidden Enemy

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, David Canary, Mike Farrell, Melissa Murphy

Synopsis: Circuitously commenting upon the drug culture of the 1970s, this Bonanza episode probes the dangers of the onetime "wonder drug" morphine. Future MASH regular Mike Farrell is cast as Dr. Will Agar, who is revealed to be a morphine addict after he inadvertently causes the death of a young patient Read More

Bonanza: Ambush at Rio Lobo

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel, Sian Barbara Allen, James Olson

Synopsis: Sian Barbara Allen guest-stars as the tenacious-and very pregnant-Teresa Burnside. Despite the imminent birth of her child, Teresa defiantly stands up to a gang of outlaws, who plan to use her as a pawn in a holdup scheme. As the crooks hold Teresa's husband Vance (James Olson) hostage, Ben Read More

Bonanza: The 26th Grave

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, David Canary, Mitch Vogel, Ken Howard

Synopsis: Humorist Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, makes his third Bonanza appearance, this time in the person of actor Ken Howard (fresh from his Broadway and Hollywood triumph in the musical 1776). As editor of the Virginia City Enterprise, Clemens is determined to prove that a government assayer is Read More

Bonanza: Heritage of Anger

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel, Robert Lansing, Fionnula Flanagan

Synopsis: Robert Lansing guest-stars as Dundee, an ex-convict determined to prove that he spent five years in prison as the result of a frame-up. Ben Cartwright's efforts to help Dundee adjust to his new-found freedom are thwarted by the coldness of Dundee's wife Elizabeth (Fionnula Flanagan), and the Read More

Bonanza: He Was Only Seven

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Roscoe Lee Browne

Synopsis: Roscoe Lee Browne guest-stars as Joshua, the crippled grandfather of a black youngster killed in a bank robbery. Struggling to overcome his bitterness against the white race in general, Joshua accepts the assistance of Joe Cartwright and Jamie in tracking down his grandson's killers. Featured in Read More

Bonanza: The Younger Brothers' Younger Brother

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Strother Martin

Synopsis: Written and directed by Bonanza star Michael Landon, "The Younger Brothers' Younger Brother" is one of the series' zaniest episodes. It all begins when Hoss Cartwright is mistaken for one of the notorious Younger Brothers, who have recently resumed their criminal activities after a 12-year prison Read More

Bonanza: Shanklin

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Charles Cioffi

Synopsis: Charles Chioffi plays the title character in the thrill-packed Bonanza installment Shanklin. Hoss Cartwright is shot by a band of ex-rebel soldiers who want Ben Cartwright to finance the formation of a Second Confederacy. Only Shanklin, the man who pulled the trigger, can save Hoss' life-and he Read More

Bonanza: Search in Limbo

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Albert Salmi, Pamela Payton-Wright

Synopsis: Having suffered a blow to the head, Ben Cartwright awakens to discover that he has lost track of a whole day. During that period, Ben's longtime enemy Sid Langley (Lawrence Montaigne) was murdered. The local sheriff (Albert Salmi) arrests Ben-who doesn't know if he is guilty or not! Others in the Read More

Bonanza: One Ace Too Many

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel

Synopsis: Once more, Lorne Greene essays the dual role of Ben Cartwright and Ben's lookalike, confidence trickster Bradley Meredith. This time out, Meredith takes advantage of Ben's trip to Carson City to auction off the Ponderosa, piece by piece. Kate Jackson makes an early TV appearance as Ellen, while Read More

Bonanza: Forever

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, David Canary, Mitch Vogel, Bonnie Bedelia

Synopsis: The fourteenth and final season of Bonanza began on September 12, 1972 with a special two-hour episode. As originally written by series star Michael Landon (who also directed), "Forever" was supposed to have focused on the ill-starred marriage between Hoss Cartwright (Dan Blocker) and Alice Harper Read More

Bonanza: A Place to Hide

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Suzanne Pleshette

Synopsis: Fugitive Confederate officer Cody Ransom (Jon Cypher) is finally willing to surrender to the Union forces-but only if the Cartwright men act as intermediaries. Unfortunately, by-the-book Northern officer Major Donahue (Hurd Hatfield) insists upon handling the capture all by himself-and he is Read More

Bonanza: A Visit to Upright

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Alan Oppenheimer

Synopsis: Three of the Cartwright men-Joe, Hoss and Jamie-head to the town of Upright to sell a rundown saloon. They decide to hold onto the property when it develops that a fortune in gold might be hidden on the premises. The boys' insistence upon retaining the saloon messes up Ben's business deal with Read More

Bonanza: The Saddle Stiff

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Buddy Ebsen, Don Collier

Synopsis: Fresh from his nine-year stint on The Beverly Hillbillies, Buddy Ebsen is cast as Ponderosa hired hand Cactus Murphy, fired for incompetence by Ben Cartwright. His dander up, the old hand challenges Ben to do all the work Cactus does in a week-and without using the Cartwright money or power to his Read More

Bonanza: Frenzy

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Kathleen Widdoes, Michael Pataki

Synopsis: Anna Kosovo (Kathleen Widdoes), a friend of Ben Cartwright, has good reason to be terrified of her antagonistic immigrant husband Nick (Michael Pataki). Trapped in her own house by her husband, Anna-and her young son-must rely upon Ben to rescue them. Written by Preston Wood and Karl Tunberg, this Read More

Bonanza: Season 14

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Synopsis: Had Bonanza been moved from its familiar Sunday night time slot to a less preferable Tuesday evening berth any earlier than its 14th season on the air, the show might have managed to survive the change and continue to prosper. This, however, proved not to be the case, and the reason was both Read More

Bonanza: Second Sight

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Joan Hackett

Synopsis: Joan Hackett guest-stars as Judith, the fiancee of a young pastor named Jess (James Booth). Blessed-or, perhaps, cursed-with the gift of clairvoyance, Judith is called in to locate a missing Jamie. But her intensely religious sweetheart does not want Judith to use her "special powers." Written by Read More

Bonanza: The Bucket Dog

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, David Canary, Mitch Vogel, Tim Matheson

Synopsis: Jamie's new bird dog April, an Irish setter, is denigrated as a "bucket dog" by Tim Riley (Don Knight), an employee of the man responsible for bringing this particular breed of dogs to the United States. As such, April may well be destroyed if unable to prove its mettle. To save the dog's life Read More

Bonanza: The Sound of Loneliness

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Tim Matheson, Jack Albertson, Bing Russell

Synopsis: Last seen on Bonanza in the 1968 episode "A Girl Named George," Jack Albertson paid a return visit to the series in the December 5, 1972 episode "The Sound of Loneliness." Albertson is here cast as elderly widower Jonathan May, who goes to great lengths to make sure that two orphan boys will not Read More

Bonanza: Customs of the Country

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Alfonso Arau, Alan Oppenheimer

Synopsis: Hoss and Joe Cartwright are arrested in a Mexican border town and thrown in jail. Hoss is all for expediting the trial, but Joe is in no hurry: He's being treated like a king, with beautiful Ines (Pilar Seurat) and various other senoritas waiting on him hand and foot. Only when it is almost too Read More

Bonanza: First Love

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel, Tim Matheson, Pamela Franklin

Synopsis: Young Jamie is once more riding for a fall when he falls in love with the much-older Kelly (Pamela Franklin). Making things worse is the fact that Kelly is the wife of Jamie's schoolteacher Dan Edwards (Jordan Rhodes), whose jealousy borders on insanity. Featured in the cast are Lisa Eilbacher as Read More

Bonanza: Rock-a-Bye Hoss

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Victor Sen Yung, Edward Andrews

Synopsis: In this comic episode, Hoss Cartwright is tapped to judge a Virginia City "beautiful baby" contest. In so doing, he inadvertently sparks a chain reaction of disaster and ill will, culminating with the exposure of a long-suppressed "scandal". The Moral: All babies are beautiful, but most grownups Read More

Bonanza: The Prisoners

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mike Witney, Manuel Padilla

Synopsis: In Sheriff Coffee's absence, Joe Cartwright is called upon to escort prisoner Hank Simmons (Michael Witney) through a particularly rugged patch of terrain. Trouble is, Simmons knows the area far better than Joe. Things get even tougher for the youngest Cartwright as the charismatic Simmons banks Read More

Bonanza: Cassie

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Jack Cassidy

Synopsis: Jack Cassidy guest-stars as O'Casey, a shiftless dreamer whose get-rich-quick schemes have brought nothing but grief for his wife (Diane Baker) and daughter Cassie (Lisa Gerritsen). When O'Casey hatches a duplicitious scheme to sell and reclaim a race horse, Hoss Cartwright takes it upon himself Read More

Bonanza: The Grand Swing

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Charlotte Stewart

Synopsis: Season Thirteen of Bonanza began on September 19, 1971 with the series' 390th episode, "The Grand Swing." Young Jamie's carelessness results in the loss of a valuable horse. Hurt and humiliated, Jamie offers to leave the Ponderosa for good. Rather than display anger, the boy's adoptive father Ben Read More

Bonanza: An Earthquake Called Callahan

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Victor French, Sandy Duncan

Synopsis: Ponderosa ranchhand Dusty Rhodes (Lou Frizzell) has landed in jail. The only man who can clear Dusty is an itinerant, ill-tempered wrestler named Tom Callahan (Victor French), who is nowhere to be found. While searching for the reluctant witness, Joe Cartwright not only runs afoul of Callahan but Read More

Bonanza: Bushwacked!

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Richard O'Brien, Peggy McCay

Synopsis: Wounded in an ambush, Joe Cartwright is rescued by the Griswolds, a farming family. Delirious with fever, Joe experiences surrealistic flashbacks and bizarre disturbing visions (in one, he sees Hoss trying to kill him!) As his condition worsens, it becomes obvious that emergency surgery is called Read More

Bonanza: Fallen Woman

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Susan Tyrrell, Arthur O'Connell

Synopsis: Hoss Cartwright's testimony results in a prison term for the husband of alcoholic dance-hall girl Jill Conway (Susan Tyrell). Motivated by a combination of resentment and desperation, Jill leaves her son Petey (Johnny Lee) in Hoss' care. At first prepared to adopt the abandoned boy, Hoss opts Read More

Bonanza: The Reluctant American

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Daniel Massey

Synopsis: Londoners Leslie and Gillian Harwood (Daniel Massey and Jill Haworth) arrive in Nevada to take charge of a ranch on behalf of a British investment firm-and immediately mistake the Ponderosa for the ranch in question. Thus, the Cartwrights become involved in the couple's travails, attempting to Read More

Bonanza: Shadow of a Hero

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Dean Jagger, Laurence Luckinbill

Synopsis: Dean Jagger guest-stars as General Ira Cloninger, a legendary Indian fighter. The General hopes to ride into the Nevada governor's office on the coattails of his long-standing friendship with Ben Cartwright. The fly in the ointment is San Francisco reporter Freed (Laurence Luckinbill), who in Read More

Bonanza: The Desperado

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Louis Gossett, Jr., Marlene Clark

Synopsis: Lou Gossett and Marlene Clark are cast as a fugitive black couple, on the run after being accused of killing two white men. While heading toward the mountains, the desperate pair captures Hoss Cartwright as insurance that they won't be lynched. Understanding the couple's plight, Hoss tries to Read More

Bonanza: Top Hand

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ben Johnson, Roger Davis

Synopsis: Joining his fellow ranchers in a big cattle drive, Ben Cartwright chooses veteran cowboy Kelly James (Ben Johnson) as trail boss. This decision is staunchly opposed by rancher Weatherby (Walter Barnes), who once fired James for drunkenness. Meanwhile, Weatherby's cocksure young foreman Bert Yates Read More

Bonanza: A Deck of Aces

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Alan Oppenheimer

Synopsis: Lorne Greene plays a dual role, as Ponderosa patriarch Ben Cartwright and Ben's con-man lookalike Bradley Meredith. The fun begins when Meredith, posing as Ben, makes a major land sale to the railroad-a deal that the real Ben had previously turned down flat. Also in the cast are Alan Oppenheimer Read More

Bonanza: The Silent Killer

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Meg Foster

Synopsis: "The Silent Killer" is the deadly influenza epidemic that has swept through the territory around the Ponderosa. To combat the disease, tradition-bound Doc Martin (Harry Holcombe) and Harriet Clinton (Louise Latham) set up an emergency hospital on the Cartwright spread. Further complications ensue Read More

Bonanza: Winter Kill

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Glenn Corbett

Synopsis: The Virginia City Bank refuses to lend money to a group of Sierra Nevade ranchers who lost most of their stock during a particularly brutal winter. Ben Cartwright tries to come to the aid of the imperiled ranchers by bringing in a new breed of cattle from Montana, a breed capable of surviving the Read More

Bonanza: Kingdom of Fear

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Alfred Ryder

Synopsis: All three Cartwright men-Ben, Hoss and Joe-are arrested for trespassing along with their ranch hand Candy. The men are summarily sentenced to a brutal prison camp run by a despot known as The Judge (Alfred Ryder), who specializes in acquiring slave labor to work his gold mine, then in killing his Read More

Bonanza: A Time to Die

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Vera Miles

Synopsis: Vera Miles guest-stars as Ben Cartwright's longtime friend April Christopher. While visiting the Ponderosa, April is bitten by a rabid wolf. As the story progresses, both April and Ben must come to grips with the agony April is in for-and even more importantly, the woman's daughter Lori (Melissa Read More

Bonanza: Terror at 2:00

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Steve Ihnat

Synopsis: Steve Ihnat guest-stars as a self-proclaimed journalist named Gans, who shows up with his entourage in Virginia City to cover the signing of a treaty between the Paiute Indians and the Army. In truth, however, the rabidly racist Gans plans to kill everyone at the ceremony with his Gatling Gun. It Read More

Bonanza: The Stillness Within

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Jo Van Fleet

Synopsis: Blinded in an explosion, Joe Cartwright, uncertain as to whether his sight will ever be restored, bitterly cuts himself off from the rest of his family. Enter Miss Ellen Dobbs (Jo Van Fleet) from San Francisco, who specializes in teaching the blind how to cope with the "sighted" world. Electing Read More

Bonanza: Don't Cry, My Son

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Richard Mulligan, Diane Shalet

Synopsis: Bonanza star Michael Landon both wrote and directed the poignant episode "Don't Cry, My Son." After the death of her baby, Ruth (Diana Shalet), the distraught wife of an overworked doctor (Richard Mulligan), walks out on her husband. Unhinged by this, the doctor kidnaps the newborn child of the Read More

Bonanza: The Gold Plated Rifle

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Lou Frizzell

Synopsis: To silence the taunts of his young friends, Jamie tries to prove that he's a "real Cartwright" by showing up at school with Ben's rifle-and without Ben's permission. Inevitably, the rifle is broken, and a reluctant Ben punishes Jamie for lying about the incident. Embittered, Jamie runs away from Read More

Bonanza: Warbonnet

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Chief Dan George, Forrest Tucker

Synopsis: Native American actor Chief Dan George, who had catapulted to stardom in the 1971 theatrical feature Little Big Man, appears in this Bonanza episode as Red Cloud, a dying Indian chieftan. Before being gathered to his fathers, Red Cloud wants to reclaim a precious warbonnet lost in battle, which Read More

Bonanza: A Single Pilgrim

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Beth Brickell, Jeff Corey

Synopsis: Hoss Cartwright is accidentally shot and wounded by Tom Brennan (John Schuck), a settler fresh out of Virginia. Feeling guilty, Tom allows his wife Dilsey (Beth Brickell) to nurse Hoss back to health. Meanwhile, Tom's mean-spirited father Frank (Jeff Corey), convinced that Hoss will seek revenge Read More

Bonanza: Season 13

Actors: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon

Synopsis: Had the long-running Bonanza been on CBS instead of NBC, it might have been canceled during the 1970-1971 season as part of CBS' campaign to "de-ruralize" its core audience. Instead, Bonanza was still on the air as of the 1971-1972 season, marking the program's 13th year on NBC. In addition to Read More

The Harness

Synopsis: Made for television, The Harness was "suggested" by a John Steinbeck short story. Lorne Greene stars as an aging California farmer, long under the thumb of his domineering wife. Much against his better judgment, Greene becomes fascinated with young Julie Sommars, a free-spirited unwed mother. When Read More

Bonanza: A Home for Jamie

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Will Geer

Synopsis: Having unofficially adopted Jamie, Ben is poised to make it official in court. His plans are scuttled by the arrival of Jamie's actual grandfather Callahan (Will Geer, who wants to take the boy back with him to Boston. Written by Jean Holloway, this Bonanza episode served as a reunion for Will Read More

Bonanza: Blind Hunch

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Rip Torn

Synopsis: Rip Torn guest-stars as Will Hewitt, a former soldier who was blinded in the last battle of the Civil War. Determined to solve the murder of his brother, Hewitt is given a helping hand by Ben Cartwright's adopted son Jamie. The teleplay by John Hawkins and Robert Pirosh is capped by a truly Read More

Bonanza: Face of Fear

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Bradford Dillman

Synopsis: Neta (Jewel Blanch), a teenaged friend of Ben Cartwright's adopted son Jamie, witnesses the murder of Mr. Trunkett, but is too frightened to say anything about it. Meanwhile, the murderer, a man named Bannon (Bradford Dillman), impersonates the dead man in order to inherit a fortune. The danger to Read More

Bonanza: The Iron Butterfly

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mariette Hartley, Peter Whitney

Synopsis: In her fourth Bonanza appearance, Mariette Hartley is cast as Lola, a temperamental touring actress. When Lola is forced to kill her abusive boyfriend, Hoss Cartwright gallantly shoulders the blame. This brings down the wrath of Senator Carson (Peter Whitney), the ruthlessly powerful father of the Read More

Bonanza: Easy Come, Easy Go

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ann Prentiss, Dub Taylor

Synopsis: The cantankerous Calhouns-nouveau riche prospector Luke Calhoun (Dub Taylor) and his man-hungry daughter Meena (Ann Prentiss-return to Bonanza in the December 12, 1971 episode "Easy Come, Easy Go." As Meena again tries to snare a husband, Luke-reduced to poverty by a crooked land deal-accepts Read More

Bonanza: The Rattlesnake Brigade

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Neville Brand

Synopsis: Neville Brand makes another Bonanza appearance in the December 5, 1971 episode "The Rattlesnake Brigade." This time, Brand is cast as the vicious head of the Doyle Gang, who hold Jamie and three other teenagers hostage while making their escape. Jamie's adoptive father Ben Cartwright agonizes Read More

Bonanza: The Wagon

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Denver Pyle, Salome Jens

Synopsis: When one of his prisoners escapes, sadistic prison-wagon boss Price Buchanan (Denver Pyle) abducts Hoss Cartwright and forces him to take the missing convict's place. Facing five years at hard labor, Hoss formulates an escape plan with another railroaded prisoner, Madge Tucker (Salome Jens). Read More

Bonanza: The Power of Life and Death

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Rupert Crosse

Synopsis: Rupert Crosse guest-stars as Davis, a fugitive killer. While searching for Davis, Joe and a seriously wounded Ben are stranded at a desert water hole with the escapee. As Ben's life slowly ebbs away and a band of renegade Indians close in, Joe heads into the desert on foot to seek help-forcing him Read More

Bonanza: Gideon, the Good

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Richard Kiley, Terry Moore

Synopsis: Guest star Richard Kiley is cast as Sheriff Gideon Yates, one of Nevada's most admired lawmen. When Joe Cartwright comes to Yates claiming that he has witnessed a murder, the Sheriff realizes to his horror that the killer was his own wife Lydia (Terry Moore). With grim determination, Yates quietly Read More

Bonanza: The Night Virginia City Died

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Angel Tompkins, Ray Teal

Synopsis: Bonanza's twelfth season commenced on September 13, 1970 with the episode titled "The Night Virginia City Died." Several Virginia City buildings have burned to the ground; the townsfolk are in an uproar, and the local constabulary is apparently helpless. Meanwhile, the Cartwrights have befriended Read More

Bonanza: A Matter of Circumstance

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Ted Gehring

Synopsis: The eleventh season of Bonanza was wrapped up on April 19, 1970 with the powerhouse episode "A Matter of Circumstance." Though several prominent actors-notably young Vincent Van Patten-appear in the supporting cast, the episode is virtually a one-man show, focusing on Michael Landon as Joe Read More

Bonanza: The Weary Willies

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Richard Thomas

Synopsis: Robert Pirosh's teleplay for this Bonanza episode was based on an actual 19th century phenomenon. In the years following the Civil War, many young and disillusioned ex-soldiers formed nomadic groups called the "Weary Willies", who roamed throughout the west living off the land and avoiding Read More

Bonanza: A Matter of Faith

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Lou Frizzell

Synopsis: Originally telecast September 20, 1970, "A Matter of Faith" served to introduce new Bonanza regular Mitch Vogel in the role of Jamie Hunter. The son of an itinerant rainmaker, Jamie is unofficially adopted after his dad's death by Ponderosa hand Dusty Rhodes (Lou Frizzell. Despite the skepticism Read More

Bonanza: Long Way to Ogden

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Walter Barnes

Synopsis: Ben and his fellow cattlemen find themselves at the mercy of Chicago meat packer Emmett J. Whitney (Walter Barnes). Having purchased the rights to all railroad cattle cars, the greedy Whitney refuses to allow anyone to use those cars unless they allow him to purchase their stock at the Read More

Bonanza: Return Engagement

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Sally Kellerman

Synopsis: When Bonanza debuted in 1959, its first episode was "A Rose for Lotta", guest-starring Yvonne DeCarlo as real-life musical peformer Lotta Crabtree. Written by Stanley Roberts, the series' March 1, 1970 episode "Return Engagement" found Sally Kellerman in the role of the fabulous Lotta. As Read More

Bonanza: Is There Any Man Here?

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Mariette Hartley

Synopsis: In her third Bonanza appearance, Mariette Hartley is here cast as Jennifer, the daughter of Ben Cartwright's old friend Harry Carlis (John McLiam). Slated to be wed to influential banker Tuttle Ames (Burr DeBennings, Jennifer leaves her intended at the altar and makes a beeline to the Ponderosa Read More

Bonanza: The Law and Billy Burgess

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Mercedes McCambridge

Synopsis: Making her second Bonanza appearance, Mercedes McCambridge is cast as wealthy widow Matilda Curtis, who helps Ben Cartwright establish a free school for the children of Ponderosa's employees and tenant farmers. When the schoolmaster is murdered, troublesome student Billy Burgess (a pre-Partridge Read More

Bonanza: The Gold Mine

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Tony DeCosta

Synopsis: Tony De Costa is cast as Ramon, a Mexican youth who has suffered a lifetime of abuse at the hands of his father, and now is under the thumb of his cruel boss. Mad at the world, Ramon refuses to reveal the fact that he's discovered a rich gold vein. And then, inevitably, the boy is befriended by Read More

Bonanza: The Horse Traders

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Dub Taylor, Ann Prentiss

Synopsis: Introduced in the earlier episode "Meena", the scraggly Calhouns make a return Bonanza appearance in the April 5, 1970 episode "The Horse Traders." Having struck it rich, unkempt miner Luke Calhoun (Dub Taylor) and his feisty daughter Meena (Ann Prentiss) now wear fancy clothes and reek of Read More

Bonanza: What Are Pardners For?

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Slim Pickens

Synopsis: Innocent Hoss Cartwright is thrown in jail, suspected of complicity in a bank robbery. The real bandits are a pair of Easterners named Luke (John Beck) and Calvin (Hamilton Camp), who'd been drawn to the west after reading an abundance of dime novels. Hoping to live up to the exploits of their Read More

Bonanza: Decision at Los Robles

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, William H. Bassett, Joe de Santis

Synopsis: During a stopover in Los Robles, Ben Cartwright is assaulted and wounded by town boss John Walker (Emile Meyer. Forced to kill Walker in self-defense, Ben finds himself targeted for revenge by the despot's son Jed (William H. Bassett), who threatens to blow up the town unless the citizens deliver Read More

Bonanza: Caution, Easter Bunny Crossing

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Marc Lawrence

Synopsis: Perhaps the silliest Bonanza episode ever filmed, "Caution, Easter Bunny Crossing" was written by Larry Markes. This is the one in which Hoss Cartwright dresses up in a huge rabbit costume to entertain a group of orphans at an Easter party. En route to the festivities, Hoss runs afoul of four Read More

Bonanza: The Trouble with Trouble

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Gene Evans, G.D. Spradlin

Synopsis: "Trouble" is the apt cognomen for one of the toughest towns in California. Through a fluke, Hoss Cartwright is named temporary sheriff of Trouble, determined to do his duty even though the citizens want nothing to do with law and order. Through methods both persuasive and pugnacious, Hoss ends up Read More

Bonanza: The Big Jackpot

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Walter Brooke

Synopsis: Inheriting a fortune from an Indian benefactor, Candy fulfills his long-standing ambition to quit the Ponderosa. Before long, Candy has accepted an executive position with a prosperous-looking land promoter (Walter Brooke). But when he discovers that his boss is a crook, Candy enlists the aid of Read More

Bonanza: The Trouble with Amy

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jo Van Fleet, John Crawford

Synopsis: Jo Van Fleet guest-stars as Amy Wilder, one of those peppery old eccentrics who loves animals but despises people. Coveting Amy's property, land developer Barton Roberts (John Crawford) hauls her into court to prove that she is mentally incompetent. Ben Cartwright invites Amy's long-estranged Read More

Bonanza: The Lady and the Mark

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Christopher Connelly

Synopsis: Having accumulated $67,000 from a gold strike, prospector Chris Keller (Christopher Connelly) finds himself the target of virtually every confidence trickster in the country. To save himself and his cash, Chris hides out at the Ponderosa, only to be lured into the open by lovely Charity McGill Read More

Bonanza: Danger Road

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Robert Lansing

Synopsis: Robert Lansing is cast as Gunny, a former Army officer dishonorably discharged for desertion, and now the owner of a small freight-hauling concern. Though Ben Cartwright cannot forgive Gunny for his dereliction of duty, he is willing to let the man prove his mettle by delivering three 30-foot Read More

A Matter of Fat

Synopsis: This Canadian documentary covers the scientific research into obesity and how to combat the affliction. Emphasis is made on how the victims should not be tortured or shamed about their condition. The main focus of the feature is accountant Gilles Lorraine, a 37 year old man weighing in at 358 Read More

Bonanza: Season 12

Actors: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon

Synopsis: Two major changes marked the opening of Bonanza's 12th season. In "The Night Virginia City Died," several of the series' familiar exterior sets were deliberately burned down so that Bonanza could move out of its longtime home at Paramount Pictures and into its new headquarters as Warner Bros. Read More

Bonanza: It's a Small World

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Michael Dunn

Synopsis: Multi-talanted dwarf actor Michael Dunn guest-stars as George Marshall, a former circus midget who, fulfilling a promise to his late wife, gives up show business to lead a normal life in Virginia City. Despite the assistance of his friend Ben Cartwright, George is unable to secure employment Read More

Bonanza: El Jefe

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Rodopho (Rudy) Acosta, Warren Stevens

Synopsis: Aranda (Rodolfo Acosta, the Mexican-born sheriff of Prince River, regularly betrays his own people by participating in a land grab perpetrated by ruthless miner Owen Driscoll (Warren Stevens). The Cartwrights become involved when Aranda frames Mexican farmer Ramon Cardenas (Jaime Sanchez) for Read More

Bonanza: The Love Child

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Carol Lawson

Synopsis: Carol Lawson plays Etta, an unwed mother determined to carve out a decent life for her son Scott (Michael-James Wixted). When she learns she is dying, Etta asks her long-estranged parents to look after Scott-but her stern and merciless father Zac (Will Geer) is unwilling to do so. Josephine Read More

Bonanza: Thornton's Account

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Gregory Walcott, Carl Reindel

Synopsis: Far from the Ponderosa, Ben Cartwright is badly injured in a fall from his horse. Seeking help in a nearby town, Ben's son Joe finds himself in the middle of a range feud, with no one willing to come to his assistance-except for an enigmatic stranger named Thornton (played by frequent Bonanza Read More

Bonanza: The Luck of Pepper Shannon

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Neville Brand

Synopsis: Neville Brand guest-stars as Pepper Shannon, a stage robber whose career has been blown up to "heroic" proportions by the dime-novel brigade. Unfortunately, Ben Cartwright's adopted son Jamie idolizes Shannon, who has allowed Jamie to "capture" him to avoid being shot by his enemies. It is only Read More

Bonanza: Honest John

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Jack Elam

Synopsis: Jack Elam plays the title role in this Bonanza episode from December 20, 1970. Belying his nickname, Honest John is a prevaricating drifter, who over the protests of the Cartwrights has settled on the Ponderosa. Banking on the trust and friendship of young Jamie, Honest John finds himself in a Read More

Bonanza: For a Young Lady

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Jewel Blanch

Synopsis: Carri Sturgis (Jewel Blanch), a young friend of Ben Cartwright's adopted son Jamie, lives in terror under the cruel supervision of her Aunt Vella (Madeleine Sherwood) and Uncle Gifford (William Bramley). Inasmuch as the couple hates children, Jamie can't understand why they so desperately desire Read More

Bonanza: The Impostors

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Strother Martin, Tony Colti

Synopsis: Oscar winner Strother Martin is cast as Joad Bruder, the father of jailed stagecoach robber Randy Bruder (Anthony Colti). Aware that Joad is holding the Ponderosa money that was stolen by Randy, Joe and Hoss hatch another of their hare-brained schemes to retrieve the loot. Heading to Pineville Read More

Bonanza: The Deserter

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Ben Johnson

Synopsis: Ben Johnson guest-stars as Sgt. Samuel Bellis, accused of desertion, murder, and selling guns to the Indians. Bellis insists that he's innocent, and Candy believes him-but before he can clear Bellis' name, he must elude the Army patrol that is hot on the fugitive sergeant's heels. In a further Read More

Bonanza: Emily

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Elliot Gilbert, David Canary

Synopsis: Joe Cartwright's coquettish former fiancee Emily Anderson (Beth Brickell) returns to town, quickly wrapping the moonstruck Joe around her little finger once more. Unfortunately, Emily has neglected to inform Joe that she is now married to Deputy Marshal Wade McPhail (Ron Hayes). Furthermore, the Read More

Bonanza: A Ride in the Sun

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Robert Hogan, Marj Dusay

Synopsis: Passing themselves off as wealthy business owners, brother-and-sister swindlers Tobias and April Horn (Robert Hogan, Marj Dusay) hoodwink the Cartwrights into helping them rob the Virginia City bank. Humiliated at being taken in by the siblings, and angry that his father was wounded in the Read More

Bonanza: Another Windmill to Go

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Laurence Naismith

Synopsis: The "Don Quixote" legend was given a 19th century western spin on Bonanza's inaugural eleventh-season entry "Another Windmill to Go." The Cartwrights are dumbstruck when they find Don Q. Hought (Laurence Naismath) rowing a wheeled boat across their grazing land. But Don Q. is not as daffy as he Read More

Bonanza: The Witness

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Melissa Murphy

Synopsis: Melissa Murphy is cast as Jenny Winters, who claims she can identify the outlaw Logan gang as the men who robbed a stagecoach and murdered the driver. Hoping to protect Jenny from the Logans, Joe Cartwright and Candy offer the girl shelter at the Ponderosa. What neither the good guys nor the bad Read More

Bonanza: The Fence

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John Anderson, J.D. Cannon

Synopsis: The Civil War is over, but mine owner Sam Masters (John Anderson) will never be able to forget his tenure as commander of a brutal Confederate prison where 500 POW's died. Now, ex-union officer Colonel Hudson, backed up by a small but vicious group of followers, has arrived to wreak vengeance Read More

Bonanza: The Running Man

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Will Geer

Synopsis: Joe Cartwright and Candy head to Butlerville, there to help out Candy's old friend Jess Parker (Robert Pine). The town is run with an iron hand by Calvin Butler (Will Geer), who will stop at nothing to drive all "squatters" out of the territory. Having witnessed Butler's brutality first hand Read More

Bonanza: The Unwanted

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Bonnie Bedelia

Synopsis: Before she played Joe Cartwright's ill-fated love interest in the 1972 Bonanza episode "Forever," Bonnie Bedelia guest-starred in the series' April 6, 1969 episode "The Unwanted." Bedelia is cast as Lorrie, the daughter of Ben Cartwright's old friend, lawman Luke Mansfield (Charles McGraw). Read More

Bonanza: Speak No Evil

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Patricia Smith

Synopsis: Self-reliant 14-year-old Coley (Kevin Burchett) inherits a valuable gold mine from his otherwise luckless father. Having spent most of his life being rejected by the adult world, Coley suddenly finds himself in the middle of a custody tug-of-war between his long-estranged mother Margaret Read More

Bonanza: Mrs. Wharton and the Lesser Breeds

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Mildred Natwick

Synopsis: Mildred Natwick guest-stars as the formidable Mrs. Wharton, a snobbish Englishwoman living by her wits and will in the Wild, Wild West. When the stage on which she is travelling is held up by outlaws, the snooty Mrs. Wharton must rely upon that "uncouth creature" Candy to retrieve her valuables. Read More

Bonanza: Erin

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Mary Fickett

Synopsis: Mary Fickett is cast as Erin O'Donnell, an Irish girl raised by the Sioux in Paiutes. Falling in love with Erin, Hoss Cartwright does his best to shield her from the bigotry of the townspeople. But Erin regards Hoss' efforts as futile, citing the tribal prophecy that she is "the wolf child, born Read More

Bonanza: Sweet Annie Laurie

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Joan Van Ark, James Olson

Synopsis: Joan Van Ark made an early TV starring appearance in this January 5, 1969 episode of Bonanza. The actress is cast as Laurie Adams, who is desperate to break off her relationship with her fugitive-outlaw husband Kelly Adams (James Olson). Hoss Cartwright tries to help Laurie, a task made difficult Read More

Bonanza: My Friend, My Enemy

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, John Saxon

Synopsis: On trial for the murder of John Leggett, Candy comes before "hanging judge" Butler (Chick Chandler). The only eyewitness to the murder is Jacova (John Saxon), an Indian horse thief presently on the lam from the law. As the Cartwrights scour the countryside in search of Jacova, Candy is forced to Read More

Bonanza: Company of Forgotten Men

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, James Gregory

Synopsis: The Cartwrights give food and shelter to a bedraggled, impoverish company of army veterans, who have been denied their pensions for various and sundry reasons. What the Cartwrights don't know is that the ex-soldiers intend to get even with the government by robbing the Carson City mint. Read More

Bonanza: Five Candles

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Ray Teal

Synopsis: During a murder trial, Ben Cartwright is trapped in the basement of the courthouse by a mine cave-in. Also entombed with Ben are the accused murderer, the main prosecution witness, the witness' fiancee, and the court clerk. As Joe, Hoss, and Candy race against time to rescue the prisoners before Read More

Bonanza: The Wish

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ossie Davis, George Spell

Synopsis: Written and directed by Michael Landon, "The Wish" would remain Landon's favorite Bonanza episode long after its original airing on March 9, 1969. Preparing for a two-month fishing trip, Hoss Cartwright meets Sam Davis (Ossie Davis), an ex-slave trying to make a go of a drought-plague farm. Though Read More

Bonanza: The Clarion

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Phyllis Thaxter, Simon Oakland

Synopsis: Phyllis Thaxter guest-stars as widowed newspaper publisher Ruth Manning, yet another old friend of Ben Cartwright. Ben comes to Ruth's assistance when her newspaper is targeted for extinction by ruthless town boss Judge Seth Tabor (Simon Oakland). Featured in the cast are William Jordan as Leek Read More

Bonanza: The Lady and the Mountain Lion

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Richard Haydn, Alyce Andrece

Synopsis: The mellifluous Richard Haydn is cast as Malcolm the Magificent, a seedy travelling magician. To fool the yokels, Malcolm uses his twin daughters in his act: Jan (Alyce Andrece) is sweet and demure, while Janice (Rhae Andrece) is a pool-playing hellion. A comedy of errors ensues when Joe and Hoss Read More

Bonanza: Old Friends

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Victor Sen Yung

Synopsis: Ben Cartwright finds himself in the uncomfortable position of choosing between two old and treasured friends, both of whom abuptly re-enter his life after 27 years. Charlie Sheppard (Robert Wilke), formerly Ben's prospecting partner, is now a wanted outlaw, while Jess Waddell (Morgan Woodward) has Read More

Bonanza: Dead Wrong

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Arthur Hunnicutt

Synopsis: Although Salty Hubbard (Arthur Hunnicutt) is Sunville's biggest liar, everyone in town believes Salty's claim that stranger Hoss Cartwright is really notorious outlaw Big Jack (Mike Mazurki). To stay alive, Hoss is forced to fake his own death, funeral and all. Meanwhile, the real Big Jack Read More

Bonanza: A Darker Shadow

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Gregory Walcott

Synopsis: Joe Cartwright is dumbfounded when his friend, bank employee Wade Turner (Gregory Walcott), abruptly leaves town before his marriage to his sweetheart Sarah (Sandra Smith). Wade's abrupt exit coincides with a shortage in the bank's accounts, prompting Joe to seek out his friend and demand an Read More

Destiny of a Spy

Synopsis: While still starring in Bonanza, Lorne Greene took a sabbatical from the Ponderosa to headline this made for TV espionage thriller. Greene portrays a Russian secret agent whisked away from his comfortable retirement in Moscow to undertake a sabotage job in London. He finds himself compelled to Read More

Bonanza: Season 11

Actors: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, David Canary

Synopsis: Season 11 of Bonanza marks the temporary departure of David Canary as Candy, enigmatic ranch hand at the Ponderosa spread run by Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene); Candy would not return to the series until its 14th and final season. Highlights during Bonanza's 11th year on the air include "Another Windmill to Go Read More

Bonanza: Abner Willoughby's Return

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, John Astin

Synopsis: John Astin and Emmaline Henry, who back in 1962 played husband and wife in the short-lived sitcom I'm Dickens-He's Fenster, were reunited in the December 21, 1969 Bonanza episode "Abner Willoughby's Return." Astin is cast as ex-miner Abner, who after 17 years at sea comes back to Virginia City to Read More

Bonanza: Meena

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Ann Prentiss

Synopsis: Originally telecast on November 16, 1969, "Meena" was the first of three Bonanza episodes featuring the troublesome Calhouns. When Joe Cartwright is kidnapped by bumbling crooks Jesse (Victor French), Owen (Robert Donner), and Virge (George Morgan), he is rescued by pretty Meena Calhoun (Ann Read More

Bonanza: Anatomy of a Lynching

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Guy Stockwell

Synopsis: When Will Griner (Walter Barnes) is acquitted of murder, the angry townsfolk, convinced that the trial was rigged in Will's favor, organize a lynch mob. It is up to the Cartwrights, Candy, and Sherriff Coffee to protect Will throughout a long and violent night. Meanwhile, Ben quietly re-opens the Read More

Bonanza: The Silence at Stillwater

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Pat Hingle

Synopsis: Sheriff Austin (Pat Hingle) of Stillwater jails Candy on the basis of highly suspicious eyewitness testimony. Not only does Austin refuse to tell Candy that he's suspected of robbery and murder, but he also refuses to inform the Cartwrights of their top hand's whereabouts. Why is the Sheriff Read More

Bonanza: A Lawman's Lot is Not a Happy One

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Tom Bosley

Synopsis: While Sheriff Coffee testifies at a trial in San Francisco, Hoss Cartwright serves as temporary sheriff of Virginia City. Before long, Hoss has outraged and astonished the townsfolk by locking up millionaire Paul Forbes (Robert Emhardt) and his valet Fairfax (Jay Novello), for reasons which remain Read More

Bonanza: The Medal

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Dean Stockwell

Synopsis: Dean Stockwell guest-stars as Mathew, a former Northern war hero and Congressional Medal of Honor Winner, now living a pauper's existence in Nevada. Ben Cartwright comes to Mathew's aid when the man is victimized by Seth Nagel (Harry Townes), a Southerner determined to avenge the loss of his home Read More

Bonanza: The Stalker

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Charlotte Stewart

Synopsis: Candy is forced to kill the rancher husband of Lisa Campbell (Charlotte Stewart) in self-defense. Hoping to overcome Lisa's bitterness, Candy goes to work for her as a ranchhand. Ultimately, love blossoms between the two-but Lisa has already hired gunslinger Jake (Lloyd Battista) to kill Candy Read More

Bonanza: To Stop a War

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Steve Forrest, Miriam Colon

Synopsis: An epidemic of rustling has fueled the flames of a possible range war between the cattlemen and the nesters. Ex-sheriff Dan Logan (Steve Forrest) is hired to stop the war before it starts, while rancher Slater (Warren Kemmerling), convinced that the nesters are responsible for the trouble, offers Read More

Bonanza: Commitment at Angelus

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Marj Dusay

Synopsis: Joe Cartwright is grief-stricken when his friend Steve Regan, leader of a miners' strike, is accidentally killed. Because the Cartwrights are major stockholders in the mining company, Joe feels partially responsible for Steve's death, and does what he can to help the man's widow Stephanie (Marj Read More

Bonanza: A Dream to Dream

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Julie Harris, Steve Ihnat

Synopsis: Feeling responsible for the death of his oldest son, Josh Carter (Steve Ihnat) has become an abusive alcoholic. As a result, he has alienated himself from his wife, Sarah (Julie Harris), and surviving children Timmy (Johnnie Whitaker) and Sally (Michele Tobin). When Hoss Cartwright tries to help Read More

Bonanza: In Defense of Honor

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Lou Antonio, Arnold Moss

Synopsis: Ben's longtime unofficial ward Davy (Lou Antonio), a Ute Indian, tries to rejoin the tribe that had exiled him years earlier. Davey's re-entry into the culture of his ancestors is complicated when he falls in love with Bright Moon (Cherie Latimer), the daughter of Chief Lone Spear (Arnold Moss) Read More

Bonanza: To Die in Darkness

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, James Whitmore

Synopsis: Michael Landon made his directorial debut with this Bonanza episode from May 5, 1968, which Landon also wrote. Ben Cartwright and his ranchhand Candy are trapped in a mine by John Postley (James Whitmore), who'd been wrongly sent to prison for 18 months on his captives' testimony. The embittered Read More

Bonanza: Pride of a Man

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Kevin Coughlin

Synopsis: When schoolteacher Abby Pettigrew (Anne Helm is incapacitated, Joe Cartwright takes over Abby's classroom. He is able to connect with all of the students except for the troublemaking McNab boys, Willy (Kevin McCoughlin) and Billy (Steve Cory). It turns out that the source of the brothers' Read More

Bonanza: A Severe Case of Matrimony

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Susan Strasberg, J. Carrol Naish

Synopsis: Breaking from tradition, Bonanza offered two first-run episodes amidst the usual sea of reruns in the summer of 1968. The first of these, "A Severe Case of Matrimony", aired on July 7, 1968. Susan Strasberg plays Rosalita, a fiery gypsy girl who aspires to a career in opera-and never mind that she Read More

Bonanza: The Stronghold

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Mike Witney

Synopsis: Originally telecast on May 26, 1968 as Bonanza's 300th episode, "The Stronghold" finds Joe Cartwright and Ponderosa hand Candy chasing Josh and Mike Farrell (Michael Witney and Paul Mantee), the two men who swindled them out of a herd of cattle. Joe and Candy catch up with the duplicitous brothers Read More

Bonanza: The Bottle Fighter

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Albert Dekker

Synopsis: On trial for murder, Hoss Cartwright may well be sent to the gallows on circumstantial evidence. Worse still, Hoss is suffering from amnesia, and doesn't know if he is guilty or innocent. The only person willing to take Hoss' case is legendary Sacramento defense attorney Barney Sturgess (Albert Read More

Bonanza: The Arrival of Eddie

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Jan-Michael Vincent

Synopsis: Forced to kill the father of young Eddie McKay (Jan-Michael Vincent), Hoss Cartwright tries to make amends by hiring Eddie as a Ponderosa hand. Eddie accepts the job-but only because he has entered into an unholy alliance with rancher Sam Butler (Jim Davis), who also has a grudge against the Read More

Bonanza: Trouble Town

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Robert J. Wilke

Synopsis: Candy makes good his long-standing promise to quit the Ponderosa to join his longtime sweetheart Lila Holden (Elizabeth MacRae) in the town of River Bend. His dreams of starting life anew are shattered when he is arrested on a trumped-up charge and held without bail. Hoping to help Candy out, the Read More

Bonanza: The Thirteenth Man

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Albert Salmi, Richard Carlson

Synopsis: Over the protests of the Cartwrights, the Carttlemen's Association hires range detective Marcus Alley (Albert Salmi) to round up a gang of rustlers by any means necessary. Unfortunately, Alley is a psycho who shoots first and asks questions later-and as a result, several innocent people are Read More

Bonanza: The Burning Sky

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Dawn Wells

Synopsis: Ben Cartwright hires a new horse trainer named Will Holt (Michael Murphy), who brings with him an Indian bride named Moon (Dawn Wells, fresh from her stint on Gilligan's Island). When the neighbors express vicious bigotry towards the interracial couple, the Cartwrights try to smooth over the Read More

Bonanza: The Trackers

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Warren Stevens

Synopsis: Ben and Hoss Cartwright, together with ranchhand Candy, join a posse to capture Cully Maco (Bruce Dern), an ex-convict wanted for robbery and murder. Trouble is, the other members of the posse are determined to kill their prisoner without a trial. And as if that wasn't enough intrigue, Cully is Read More

Bonanza: A Girl Named George

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Jack Albertson

Synopsis: Though the title of this episode refers to the young lady played by Sheila Wells, the emphasis is on George's father, photographer Enos Blessing (Jack Albertson). Hired to provide an alibi for crooked lawyer Cato Troxell (Gerald Mohr), who plans to murder the judge (Fred Clark) responsible for Read More

Bonanza: The Price of Salt

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Kim Hunter

Synopsis: Kim Hunter guest-stars as greedy Ada Halle, who holds a monopoly on all salt deposits in Spanish Wells. Charging exorbitant prices for her precious salt, Ada sparks a war between the haves (the wealthy cattlemen of the territory) and the have-nots (the small ranchers). Making things dicier is the Read More

Bonanza: The Late Ben Cartwright

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Sidney Blackmer

Synopsis: Ben Cartwright is determined to block the gubernatorial bid of John Faraday (Simon Scott), the corrupt stooge of crooked tycoon Sam Endicott (Sidney Blackmer). When Ben is shot by one of Endicott's henchmen, he decides to "play dead" until the convention, then expose both Endicott and Faraday as Read More

Bonanza: Star Crossed

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Tisha Sterling

Synopsis: Candy comes to the aid of down-and-out Laura Jean Pollard (Tisha Sterling), offering the bedraggled young woman the shelter and hospitality of the Ponderosa. Before long, however, an ex-marshal named Passmore (William Windom) has arrived on the scene to blackmail poor Laura. What is her secret-and Read More

Bonanza: Blood Tie

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Robert Drivas, Conlan Carter

Synopsis: In the town of Smithville, Joe Cartwright's life is saved by Tracy Blaine (Robert Drivas), who then manages to sweet-talk his way into a job at the Ponderosa. Neither Joe nor the rest of the Cartwrights are aware that Blaine has formulated a diabolically clever scheme to rob Ben Cartwright, a Read More

Bonanza: The Crime of Johnny Mule

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Noah Beery, Jr.

Synopsis: Noah Beery Jr. guest-stars as Johnny Mule, on trial for the murder of David Lowdon. Typically, Hoss Cartwright casts the vote which deadlocks the jury, convinced that there is reasonable doubt regarding Johnny's guilt. But when Johnny breaks out of jail rather than face a retrial, Hoss must come Read More

Bonanza: Stage Door Johnnies

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Kathleen Crowley, Walter Brooke

Synopsis: On July 28, 1968, the producers of Bonanza surprised the series' fans by interrupting their summer-rerun schedule with the first-run episode "Stage Door Johnnies." Kathleen Crowley appears as Mademoiselle Denise, the sexy new singer at the Silver Dollar Saloon. The men of the Ponderosa vie for her Read More

Bonanza: Queen High

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Celeste Yarnall

Synopsis: Joe Cartwright, Candy and Kate Kelly (Celeste Yarnell) form a partnership to establish an ore-stamping mill. Though Joe and Candy know next to nothing about running the mill, they have no trouble courting Kate, with both partners showing up at the lady's doorstep on alternate evenings. But it Read More

Bonanza: The Sound of Drums

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Jack Kruschen

Synopsis: Jack Kruschen makes his third and final Bonanza appearance as Giorgio Rossi, the bombastic patriarch of an Italian wine-growing family. Having been awarded a parcel of Ponderosa land to create a vineyard, Rossi causes consternation for Ben Cartwright when he invites a group of hungry Indians to Read More

Bonanza: The Survivors

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Mariette Hartley

Synopsis: Mariette Hartley makes a return visit to Bonanza in the November 10, 1968 episode "The Survivors." This time, Hartley is cast as Alicia, a former captive of the Paiutes. During her captivity, Alicia had been forced to bear a son to one of the braves, and as a result is shunned by the townsfolk-and Read More

Bonanza: Yonder Man

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, John Vernon

Synopsis: Beaudry (John Vernon), an old army buddy of Ben Cartwright, is just a man who wants to have fun. Unfortunately, his idea of fun is to steal Hoss' horse, pick fights with the townsfolk, and seriously injure Candy. But there may be even worse in store: Tired of a life as vagabond, Beaudry plans to Read More

Bonanza: Season 10

Actors: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, David Canary

Synopsis: Though no longer the number one program in America by the time it entered its tenth season, Bonanza still weighed in at a respectable third place, just after Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Of the major characters, Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright, Dan Blocker as Hoss Cartwright Read More

Bonanza: A World Full of Cannibals

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, James Patterson

Synopsis: Grand Jury witness Charles Ball (James Patterson) is prepared to charge seven men with fraud-not out of any sense of civic duty, but because he has been paid off by Vandeman (Mark Richman a co-conspirator of the seven defendants, and the worst of the lot. With his life in jeopardy, Ball hides out Read More

Bonanza: Mark of Guilt

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Victor Sen Yung

Synopsis: This episode of Bonanza is a showcase for Victor Sen Yung as Hop Sing, the Cartwrights' loyal Chinese manservant. When Hop Sing's pigtail is cut off by town bully Emo Younger (Sam Greene), Joe Cartwright vows to avenge this act of public humiliation-and is subsequently arrested for murder when Read More

Bonanza: Little Girl Lost

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Linda Sue Risk

Synopsis: A distant relative of Ben Cartwright, preteen tomboy Samantha Dorcas (Linda Sue Risk is delivered to the Ponderosa in the hope that Ben will be able to "tame" the troublesome girl. Meanwhile, Sam's mother Martha (Antoinette Bower) struggles desperately to escape her existence as a saloon girl. Read More

Bonanza: Salute to Yesterday

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Patrick Conway

Synopsis: The focus in this Bonanza episode of September 29, 1968 is on ranch hand Candy, played by David Canary. Candy and the Cartwrights offer their assistance to a US Army unit, presently under attack from a gang of gold bandits. Crisis mounts upon crisis when it develops that Captain Harris (Pat Read More

Bonanza: Child

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Yaphet Kotto

Synopsis: Unbeknownst to Hoss Cartwright, the horse he has just purchased previously belonged to a murdered millionaire. As a result, Hoss is railroaded into jail on a murder-theft charge. Threatened with lynching by a band of townsfolk eager to get their hands on the dead man's missing money, Hoss breaks Read More

Bonanza: Different Pines, Same Wind

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Irene Tedrow

Synopsis: Bonanza inaugurated its tenth season on September 15, 1968, with the episode titled "Same Pines, Different Winds." Irene Tedrow is cast as tenacious widow Carrie Picket, who owns a parcel of land which she calls "her piney woods." Because her late husband never filed a legal claim for the Read More

Bonanza: The Real People of Muddy Creek

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Joe Don Baker, Jean Hale

Synopsis: When Sheriff Walker (Stuart Randall) of Muddy Creek is murdered, Ben and Joe Cartwright volunteer to guard prisoner Luke Harper (Joe Don Baker). Fearful of retaliation from Harper's gang, the townspeople refuse to assist Ben and Joe, going so far as to desert the town. The only remaining citizens Read More

Bonanza: Catch as Catch Can

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Paul Richards

Synopsis: The Cartwrights and Candy find themselves stranded in the backwater town of Tinbucket. Having picked up false rumors that the Ponderosa is on its last legs, the townsfolk refuse to extend Ben Cartwright any credit. Meanwhile, a series of bizarre coincidences leads to several embarrassing arrests Read More

Bonanza: The Last Vote

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Tom Bosley, Wally Cox

Synopsis: As a result of a wager, Hoss and Joe Cartwright decide to enter politics, each supporting an opposing mayor candidate for the upcoming Virginia City election. Comic chaos ensues when both brothers become campaign managers for their respective candidates, and are thus forced to suck up to the man Read More

Bonanza: The Passing of a King

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Jeremy Slate

Synopsis: Taking advantage of the illness of his powerful rancher father Claude Roman (Denver Pyle), mean-spirited Jermey Roman (Jeremy Slate) runs roughshod over everyone. In addition to browbeating his sister Mary (Diane Muldaur) and reneging on a legitimate business deal with the Cartwrights, Jeremy also Read More

Bonanza: The Deed and the Dilemma

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jack Kruschen, Donald Woods

Synopsis: In this sequel to the previous season's "The Big Shadow of the Land", Jack Kruschen returns as Giorgio Rossi, the bombastic patriach of a family of Italian winegrowers. Hoping to improve the Rossis' financial situation, Ben Cartwright grants Giorgio eighty acres of Ponderosa property, which the Read More

Bonanza: The Prince

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Lloyd Bochner, Warren Stevens

Synopsis: The Cartwrights play host to two members of the Russian aristocracy, Count Alexis (Warren Stevens) and Countess Elena (Claire Griswold). Meanwhile, Russian-expatriate outlaw Peters (Lloyd Bochner) has other plans in store for the Count and Countess. The object of Peters' avaricious scheme are the Read More

Bonanza: Joe Cartwright, Detective

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mort Mills, Ken Lynch

Synopsis: Thoroughly immersed in the mystery novel {^Inspector Foot of Scotland Yard}, Joe Cartwright begins to fancy himself an ace detective. Attempting to apply the latest Scotlard Yard techniques to prevent a bank robbery, Joe causes more trouble than he's worth-while his dad Ben and Sheriff Coffee end Read More

Bonanza: Dark Enough to See the Stars

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Richard Evans, Linda Foster

Synopsis: Rescued from the desert by Ben Cartwright, young Billy Wilcox (Richard Evans) is hired as a ranch hand at the Ponderosa. Falling in love with Jennifer Yardley (Linda Foster), Billy suddenly breaks off the relationship, displaying inexplicable terror at the sight of Jennifer's lawman father Tom Read More

Bonanza: A Man Without Land

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jeremy Slate, Royal Dano

Synopsis: Ben Cartwright prevents crooked Ponderosa foreman Ed Philips (Jeremy Slate) from swindling rancher Matt Jeffers (Royal Dano). In retaliation, Philips uses Joe Cartwright and Jeffers' son Harry (James Gammon) as pawns in an elaborate revenge scheme. As a result, Harry lies dead, and Joe is accused Read More

Bonanza: Clarissa

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Nina Foch, Roy Roberts

Synopsis: Nina Foch guest-stars as Clarissa, Ben Cartwright's snooty Eastern cousin. Swooping down upon the Ponderosa, the well-meaning but insufferable Clarissa manages to alienate all of the Cartwrights' friends-and even worse, causes ranch cook Hop Sing to tender his resignation. It has been suggested Read More

Bonanza: Maestro Hoss

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Kathleen Freeman

Synopsis: Hoss Cartwright once again falls victim to a clever palm reader, in this case a travelling prognosticator named Madama Morova, played by no less than Zsa Zsa Gabor. Giving Hoss a Stradivarius, Morova informs him that he is an undiscovered violin virtuoso, destined to give his first public concert Read More

Bonanza: Napoleon's Children

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Michael Burns, Bob Biheller

Synopsis: Virginia City finds itself under siege from a group of highly organized juvenile delinquents, all guided by a disturbed young man (Bob Biheller) who calls himself Napoleon. Raised by his dissolute uncle (Woodrow Parfrey), a professor with a drinking problem, the boy knows his history well, and Read More

Bonanza: The Wormwood Cup

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Judi Meredith, Frank Overton

Synopsis: Both Linda Roberts (Judi Meredith) and Amos Crenshaw (Frank Overton) have sworn vengeance against Joe Cartwright. Linda thinks that Joe killed her brother, while Amos' son was shot by Joe in self-defense. The tension reaches the boiling point when Linda hires a man to assassinate Joe, then changes Read More

Bonanza: Justice

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Beau Bridges, Shirley Bonne

Synopsis: Joe Cartwright's impending marriage to the lovely Sally Cutler (Shirley Bonne) is threatened by the girl's unwanted suitor Horace (Beau Bridges), who is not only clumsy and inept, but also potentially dangerous. When Horace accidently strangles Sally to death, Joe swears vengeance. Ben tries to Read More

Bonanza: Ponderosa Explosion

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Victor Sen Yung, Dub Taylor

Synopsis: In this comic episode, Hoss and Joe Cartwright embark on yet another big-business scheme. Investing in two rabbits, our heroes intend to make a fortune selling rabbit skins. Alas, neither brother has the heart to take a knife to the cute little bunnies, which of course proceed to multiply at an Read More

Bonanza: Black Friday

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John Saxon, Ford Rainey

Synopsis: John Saxon makes the first of three Bonanza appearances as Steve Friday, a former Ponderosa ranchhand turned gunfighter. Putting his own life on the line, Joe Cartwright tries to save an ailing Friday from a paid assassin, hired by the powerful and revenge-driven Judge Wyllit (Ford Rainey). Read More

Bonanza: A Bride for Buford

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Lola Albright, Jack Elam

Synopsis: The rest of the Ponderosa men are astonished when Hoss Cartwright shows up reeking of cologne and dressed to the nines. It is all part of Hoss' scheme to prove that mercenary saloon gal Dolly Bantree (Lola Albright) only loves grungy miner Buford Buckelew (Jack Elam) for his money. Paul Brineger Read More

Bonanza: The Unseen Wound

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Leslie Nielsen, Nancy Malone

Synopsis: Leslie Nielsen, who had once studied acting under Bonanza star Lorne Greene in his native Canada, is here cast as Sheriff Paul Rowan, an old friend of Ben Cartwright. Driven to madness after twelve hard years on the job, Rowan holes up in a stable, shooting or threatening to shoot anyone who comes Read More

Bonanza: A Woman in the House

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Diane Baker, Paul Richards

Synopsis: Ben Cartwright protects longtime family friend Mary Farnum (Diane Baker) from the drunken rampages of her brutal husband Russ Wharton (Paul Richards). Misinterpreting Ben's kindness, the long-suffering Mary falls desperately in love with the Cartwright patriarch. Also in the cast are Dennis Cross Read More

Bonanza: Judgement at Red Creek

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John Ireland, Harry Carey, Jr.

Synopsis: Joe Cartwright joins a posse led by Sheriff Rimbau (John Ireland) to capture two robbery/murder suspects. For Rimbau, it is personal: His own brother Jack (James B. Sikking) was killed by the outlaws. Before long, Joe realizes that Rimbau intends to be judge, jury and executioner, thoroughly Read More

Bonanza: Journey to Terror

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John Ericson

Synopsis: Visiting the Blackwell farm, Joe Cartwright is aghast to learn that his friend Tom Blackwell (Jason Evers) has turned to crime. Enter a gang of outlaws, who hold Joe, Blackwell's wife Ellie Sue (Elizabeth Rogers) and the couple's son captive, thereby forcing Mrs. Blackwell to tend to the injuries Read More

Bonanza: Amigo

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Henry Darrow, Gregory Walcott

Synopsis: Henry Darrow guest-stars as Amigo, a role originally written for Sammy Davis Jr.). Persecuted all his life merely because of his Mexican heritage, Amigo has cast his lot with a band of terrorists, led by the vicious Cap Fenner (Gregory Walcott). When Ben saves his life, Amigo's loyalties are torn Read More

Bonanza: The Greedy Ones

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Robert Middleton, George Chandler

Synopsis: Bonanza's final eighth-season offering, "The Greedy Ones" first aired on May 14, 1967. Rumors are flying that old prospector Gus Schultz has struck it rich on the Ponderosa. As a result, Ben Cartwright must contend with a veritable batallion of greedy gold hunters. The worst of the lot is Read More

Bonanza: Six Black Horses

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Burgess Meredith, David Lewis

Synopsis: Burgess Meredith guest-stars as Irishman Ownie Dugan. Suddenly striking it rich, Ownie decides to strike a blow against political corruption by turning the tables on his ex-partner Giblin (David Lewis)-but has he really turned over a new leaf, or is this just another scam? Featured in the cast are Read More

Bonanza: Showdown at Tahoe

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Richard Anderson

Synopsis: Jamison Fillmore (Richard Anderson), the crooked owner of a paddle-wheel steamboat, plans an aquatic escape after robbing the Ponderosa timber supplies and stealing a shipment of currency. Fillmore proves he's not kidding when he murders steamboat skipper Captain Larson (Karl Swenson), a friend of Read More

Bonanza: The Sure Thing

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Kim Darby, Tom Tully

Synopsis: Ben Cartwright purchaeses a stallion from drunken lout Burt Loughlin (Tom Tully), hoping to fulfill the fondest dreams of Burt's sweet daughter Trudy (Kim Darby). It is Trudy's wish to ride the stallion to victory in a upcoming high-stakes race. But Ben's good intentions may be undone by Burt, who Read More

Bonanza: Check Rein

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, James MacArthur

Synopsis: Future Hawaii 5-0 regular James MacArthur guest-stars as Jase Fredericks, who tries to protect his inheritance, and his life, from his selfish uncle Bingham (Ford Rainey). The Cartwrights become involved when the conflict between Jase and Bingham boils down to Jase's prize stallion. Patricia Read More

Bonanza: Season 09

Actors: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, David Canary

Synopsis: Season nine of Bonanza marks the introduction of a new recurring character; one of several developed by the series' producers as a potential replacement for former series star Pernell Roberts. David Canary makes his first appearance as enigmatic stranger Candy in "A Sense of Duty"; having passed Read More

Bonanza: The Gold Detector

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Wally Cox, Paul Fix

Synopsis: Ever the champion of the underdog, Hoss Cartwright is determined to prove that the gold mine owned by his friend McNulty (Wally Cox) is not as worthless as everyone claims. To this end, Hoss is gulled into purchasing a "gold detector"-which, amazingly, actually seems to work! A gang of Read More

Bonanza: Justice Deferred

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Simon Oakland

Synopsis: Hoss Cartwright is among the jurors who votes to hang Frank Scott (Claude Akins) for murder. Only after the sentence is carried out does Hoss discover he may have erred, and that the genuine killer was probably Frank's lookalike Mel Burns (also Claude Akins). Unfortunately, none of the other Read More

Bonanza: Desperate Passage

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Steve Forrest

Synopsis: The Cartwrights must carefully wend their way through Paiute territory, guarding two survivors of a recent massacre. One of the survivors, Josh Tanner (Steve Forrest), is an accused murderer. The other, Mary Burns (Tina Louise), knows that Josh is innocent, but can't-or won't-reveal this fact. Read More

Bonanza: The Conquistadores

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John Saxon, Ray Teal

Synopsis: Joe Cartwright is kidnaped by a band of impoverished Mexicans, who hope to save their rundown village by collecting a $25,000 ransom from Joe's father Ben. Meanwhile, a pair of thieves named Anderson (John Kellogg) and Perkins (Eddie Ryder) prepare to steal the ransom before it can be delivered Read More

Bonanza: Sense of Duty

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Gene Rutherford

Synopsis: Written by John Hawkins and Gil Lasky, "Sense of Duty" served to introduce new Bonanza regular David Canary as Candy. Donning a military uniform for the first time in years, Ben Cartwright is placed in command of the 116th Virginia City Militia, a unit including his own sons Joe and Hoss. Ben's Read More

Bonanza: Second Chance

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, James Gregory, Bettye Ackerman

Synopsis: The ninth season of Bonanza began on September 17, 1967 with the episode titled "Second Chance". Ben Cartwright joins an army patrol to rescue his sons Hoss and Joe, who are presently at the mercy of renegade Indians. The boys are pinned down with a wagon party, consisting almost exclusively of Read More

Bonanza: Judgement at Olympus

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Barry Sullivan

Synopsis: While visiting the remote community of Olympus, Candy is accused of murdering the son of town boss A.Z. Wheelock (Arch Johnson). Things don't look very rosy for the Ponderosa ranchhand: Determined to see Candy hang, Wheelock has paid off both the district attorney and a drunken eyewitness. Read More

Bonanza: The Gentle Ones

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Robert Walker, Jr., Lana Wood

Synopsis: Written by Frank Chase, "The Gentle Ones" is the tale of two brothers, both in the horse trading business. Kindhearted Mark (Robert Walker Jr.) is a cowboy who loves horses; his brutal sibling Frank (Pat Conway) is a rancher who likes nothing more than to "break" his horses in the most sadistic Read More

Bonanza: False Witness

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Davey Davison

Synopsis: After delivering a herd of cattle to the town of Sand Dust, Joe and Hoss Cartwright, together with ranchhand Candy and local girl Valerie Townsend (Davey Davidson), are eyewitness to a fatal shooting. When the brothers of accused killer Billy Slader (Michael Blodgett) threaten to permanently Read More

Bonanza: Night of Reckoning

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Richard Jaeckel

Synopsis: A gang of outlaws, led by the sadistic Dibs (Richard Jaeckel), descends upon the Ponderosa. The crooks are determined to retrieve $60,000 in stolen money from their duplicitous partner Don Buckler (Ron Hayes), now wounded and under the care of the Cartwright boys. Eve McVeigh appears as Read More

Bonanza: The Fighters

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Michael Conrad, Phillip Pine

Synopsis: Hoss Cartwright seriously injures washed-up boxer Hank Kelly (Michael Conrad in a challenge fight. Feeling guilty, Hoss refuses all entreaties to fight on a professional basis-but younger brother Joe is eager and willing to show off his pugilistic prowess. Featured in the cast are Phillip Pine as Read More

Bonanza: Home from the Sea

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Alan Bergmann, Ivor Francis

Synopsis: Though the character of Adam Cartwright was gone from Bonanza, he was far from forgotten, as proven by this episode from May 1, 1966. Alan Bergmann guest-stars as Gilly Maples, a shipmate of the now-seafaring Adam. Arriving at the Ponderosa, Gilly claims to be a lonely fellow, seeking only the Read More

Bonanza: The Unwritten Commandment

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Wayne Newton, Anne Jeffreys

Synopsis: Singer Wayne Newton makes his dramatic debut as Andy Walker, the son of domineering dirt farmer Willard Walker (Malcolm Atterbury). Desirous of pursuing a musical career, Andy is stopped in his tracks by his hidebound father. Ben Cartwright intervenes in this domestic dilemma-and along the way Read More

Bonanza: The Big Shadow on the Land

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jack Kruschen, Penny Santon

Synopsis: Originally broadcast April 17, 1966, "The Big Shadow on the Land" was the first of three Bonanza episodes focusing on the Rossis, an immigrant Italian family. Headed by bombastic Giorgio Rossi (Jack Kruschen), the family encamps on the Ponderosa, intending to revitalize their winemaking business. Read More

Bonanza: Something Hurt, Something Wild

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Lynn Loring, Lyle Bettger

Synopsis: On September 11, 1966, the eighth episode of Bonanza got off to a strong start with the episode titled "Something Hurt, Something Wild." The long-standing friendship between the Cartwrights and Jed Ferguson is shattered when Jed's daughter Laurie (Lynn Loring) screamingly accuses Joe Cartwright of Read More

Bonanza: Horse of a Different Hue

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Charlie Ruggles, Julie Parrish

Synopsis: At the request of gallant Colonel Fairchild (Charles Ruggles) and his lovely daughter Patty Lou (Julie Parrish), Ben Cartwright agrees to arrange a championship horse race. What Ben doesn't know is that the Colonel has fixed the outcome of the race to rid himself of nasty creditor Jack Geller Read More

Bonanza: The Last Mission

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, R.G. Armstrong, Brendon Boone

Synopsis: R.G. Armstrong guest-stars as Colonel Keith Jarell, Ben Cartwright's old comrade in arms. Arriving at the Ponderosa, Jarrell asks Ben to join him in his efforts to secure a lasting peace with the Paiute Indians. But the General is hiding his true agenda-one involving that deadly new weapon of Read More

Bonanza: A Dollar's Worth of Trouble

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Sally Kellerman, Hampton Fancher

Synopsis: Bonanza closed out its seventh season on May 15, 1966 with the comic episode "A Dollar's Worth of Trouble." Gypsy palm reader Mme. Adella (Mabel Albertson predicts that Hoss Cartwright's life will soon accommodate a blue-eyed blonde, a moonshiner, and a murderous gunslinger. As these Read More

Bonanza: Three Brides for Hoss

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Majel Barrett

Synopsis: The Ponderosa is thrown into a tizzy when Kentucky woman Annie Slocum (Majel Barrett) shows up, claiming that Hoss Cartwright asked her to be his bride. In short order, two other women named Yvette (Danielle Aubry and Libby (Mitzi Hoag) also arrive, making the same claim! It is all the handiwork Read More

Bonanza: The Emperor Norton

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Sam Jaffe, Parley Baer

Synopsis: Joshua Norton was a real-life character in 19th century San Francisco, formerly a man of wealth who in middle age declared himself "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico", even going so far as to purchase a resplendant uniform (complete with plumed hat) for the occasion. Amused by Read More

Bonanza: Peace Officer

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Eric Fleming, Ted Knight

Synopsis: In Sheriff Coffee's absence, Virginia City's mayor (Ted Knight) hires ruthlessly efficient lawman Wes Dann (Eric Fleming) as peacekeeper. At first an admirer of Dann, Joe Cartwright soon learns that the cold-blooded temporary sheriff is less interested in upholding the law than meting out his own Read More

Bonanza: The Code

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, George Montgomery, Robert Ellenstein

Synopsis: An uncharacteristically villainous George Montgomery guest-stars as gunslinger Dan Taggert, who challenges Joe Cartwright to a duel. As an opportunist named Fitts (Robert Ellenstein) begins taking bets on the outcome of the gunfight, Ben and Hoss try to use a soft answer to turneth away Taggert's Read More

Bonanza: Shining in Spain

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Judie Rolin, Gene Lyons

Synopsis: Joe Cartwright is in love with Wendy Dant (Judi Rolin), but she has no room in her heart for anyone but her "wealthy and influential" father Taylor Dant (Gene Lyons), whom she idolizes. Wendy's bubble bursts when, after a lengthy absence, Taylor returns to her life, revealing himself to be Read More

Bonanza: The Genius

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Lonny Chapman, Jorja Curtright

Synopsis: Hoss Cartwright befriends philosophical drifter Will Smith (Lonny Chapman), a brilliant poet but a chronic alcoholic. Characteristically, Hoss tries to reform Will-only to discover that his new friend is not the rootless vagabond everyone thinks he is. Jorja Curtwright is cast as the obligatory Read More

Bonanza: His Brother's Keeper

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Nancy Gates, Wesley Lau

Synopsis: Growing increasingly fond of lovely Claire Amory (Nancy Gates), Ben Cartwright must deal with Claire's invalid brother Carl (Wesley Lau). Cruel and manipulative, Carl exploits his infimirities to force Claire to marry Ben whether she wants to or not. A real-life accident forced Lorne Greene to Read More

Bonanza: The Trouble With Jamie

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Michael Burns, Ross Elliott

Synopsis: Former Wagon Train regular Michael Burns guest-stars as Jamie, the spoiled-rotten son of Ben Cartwright's eastern cousin Matthew (Ross Elliot). Appalled by Jamie's petulant arrogance, Ben takes it upon himself to teach the boy a lesson. It gradually develops that Jamie is jealous because of Read More

Bonanza: The Bridegroom

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Joanne Linville, Jeff Corey

Synopsis: Spinster Maggie Dowling (Joanne Linville) has been told all her life that she is dowdy and unattractive. Joe Cartwright doesn't agree, further speculating that Maggie would make an ideal spouse for shy widower Jared Wilson (Tuck Dowling). To bring the two lonely souls together, Joe pretends to Read More

Bonanza: Tommy

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mike Witney

Synopsis: The wife of vicious outlaw Jess Miller (Michael Witney), long-suffering Allie (Janet De Gore takes refuge at the Ponderosa, where she grew up. Jess wants to forcibly take Allie back-but he wants nothing to do with their son Tommy (Teddy Quinn, a deaf mute. Frank Puglia appears as the kindly Padre. Read More

Bonanza: The Oath

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Tony Bill, Douglas Kennedy

Synopsis: Future movie-studio executive Tony Bill is cast as halfbreed Charlie Two, who has sworn to killi the Cartwrights to avenge the hanging of his father Charlie Monahan. Hoping to dissuade Charlie, Joe Cartwright adopts an alias and accompanies the boy on his journeys. In the course of events, the two Read More

Bonanza: A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Louise Latham, Mark Slade

Synopsis: A ricocheting bullet catches Little Joe Cartwright in his-er-nether regions. Seeking answers to his brother's non-fatal but certainly embarrassing injury, Hoss tries to communicate with world-weady female gunslinger Willie Mae Rikeman (Louise Latham) and her two uncontrollable sons Judd (Mark Read More

Ride the Wind

Synopsis: This western is the movie-length pilot for the long-running television series Bonanza. The story follows the Cartwright clan as they help keep the nearly bankrupt Pony Express from going under. They also work to keep the angry Paiute Indians at bay. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Bonanza: Season 08

Actors: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon

Synopsis: Season eight of Bonanza begins with one of the series' most famous episodes, "Something Hurt, Something Wild," in which the nonplussed Little Joe Cartwright (Michael Landon) is accused of sexual assault by the daughter of one of Ben Cartwright's (Lorne Greene) best and oldest friends. Later down Read More

Bonanza: A Christmas Story

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Wayne Newton, Jack Oakie

Synopsis: Not surprisingly, "A Christmas Story" originally aired on December 25, 1966. Wayne Newton returns to Bonanza in the role of singer Andy Walker, who herein agrees to perform at the annual Oprhan's Christmas Benefit. The fly (or grinch) in the ointment is Andy's crooked uncle/manager Thaddeus Cade Read More

Waco

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Howard Keel, Jane Russell, Brian Donlevy, Wendell Corey, Terry Moore

Synopsis: In this western, a gunfighter is hired to clean up the chaotic streets of Emporia, Wyoming. The gunfighter arrives and finds that his ex-lover is there and is married to the town preacher. Though the two are still attracted, they resist temptation. When he sees how violent the town really is, the Read More

Bonanza: The Pursued, Part Two

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Eric Fleming, Dina Merrill

Synopsis: In Part Two of "The Pursued", Mormon rancher Heber Clawson (Eric Fleming) is burned out of his home and shot to death by a bigoted mob, sp